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Anon. "Advice for a College-Bound Son." Unpublished letter. 2 Sept. 1880.
"An Accident at a Wedding." "Cotton Wood." New York Spirit of the Times 15.39 (22 November 1845): 458.
"Advertisements!" Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 7.4 (March 11, 1837): 28.
"Affray Between Governor Wise and Hugh R. Pleasants". Anon. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner 11 July 1856.
"All the John Smiths Not Dead Yet!" Smith, John. New York Spirit of the Times 14.3 (16 March 1844): 25.
"Ance Veasy's Fight With Reub. Sessions." "Azul." New York Spirit of the Times 15.35 (25 October 1845): 405.
"Anderson Blivins, Esq., of Indiana, Tells a Fish Story." Greene, Hazel. New York Spirit of the Times 30.19 (16 June 1860): 220.
"Anecdote of a Pointer Dog." "T." New York Spirit of the Times 12.25 (20 August 1842): 290.
"Anecdote of Reuben Nathans." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.20 (20 September 1845): 354.
"Another 'Saw' run by the 'Widder Flinn.' " Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.10 (3 May 1845): 105.
"Applying for a Continuance." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.13 (24 May 1845): 142.
"An Arkansas Lawyer." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 7.10 (22 April 1837): 78-79.
"Backing Out a Stranger; Or, The Tennessee Jockies Badly Sold." Anon. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 159-165.
"Bad Spelling." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.30 (20 September 1845): 346.
"A Bill of Fare Not a Fair Bill." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 14.10 (4 May 1844): 111.
"Blackhawk."
from New York Spirit of the Times 2.138 (20 July 1833): 2. View
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"The Blind Tiger." "Chausseur Boheme." New York Spirit of the Times 30.23 (14 July 1860): 271.
"Betsy in a Storm," Hamilton, Betsy Ward. Southern Character Sketches. Richmond: Dietz, 1937. 1-8.
"Bold as a Lion." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.32 (4 October 1845): 371.
"A Bootless Search for Boots." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.40 (29 November 1845): 465.
"Born in the Parlor." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 30.8 (31 March 1860): 87.
"A Brace of Side-Splitters." "Quid Rides." New York Spirit of the Times 30.9 (7 April 1860): 98.
"Brissentine, the Man of Golden Dreams." Von Blixton, Jamie. New York Spirit of the Times 10.37 (14 November 1840): 438-39.
"By Jingo, It's Mine!" Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 1.12 (3 March 1832): 4.
"Canvassing: A Sketch." ".T." Southern Literary Messenger 11.11, (November 1845): 666-670.
"Capital New Daily." Anon. St. Louis Weekly Reveille 1.3 (29 July 1844): 20.
"Coming it Over a Buckeye Hunter." "W." New York Spirit of the Times 15.48 (24 January 1846): 561.
"Cotton." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.34 (18 October 1845): 402.
"The Country Perfectly Safe." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 14.7 (13 April 1844): 81.
"Cousin Sally Dilliard." Anon. Spirit of the Times and Life in New York 1.15 (24 March 1832): 2.
"Crackerisms; A Sketch of the Florida Service." "W.G." New York Spirit of the Times, 10.42 (19 December 1840): 499. [editors' note: the second part of this sketch describes a dance; the first an Indian massacre!]
"Darby, The Politician." Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin. Stories with a Moral Humorous and Descriptive Of Southern Life a Century Ago. Ed. Fitz R. Longstreet. Philadephia, Winston: 1909. 50-87. Appeared as "Darby Anvil" in Southern Literary Messenger 10.1 (Jan. 1844): 43-52.
"Davy Crockett's Last." Anon. New Spirit of the Times 6.14 (21 May 1836) 112.
"Dead Chickens Won't Crow." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.14 (31 May 1845): 153.
"A Declaration of Principles." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 11.28 (11 Sept. 1841): 344.
"A Deer Hunt by Torchlight." Greene, Hazel. New York Spirit of the Times 29.45 (17 December 1859): 531.
"A Dog Day in Arkansas." Greene, Hazel. New York Spirit of the Times 30.2 (18 February 1860): 17.
"A Domestic Scene: Showing how Mary McFeal Levelled Them." Anon. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner 20 October 1848: 4.
"A Dramatical Corpse." Anon. Spirit of the Times and Life in New York 1.9 (11 February 1832): 3.
"Drawing a Chalk Line ; Or, Reserving the Right of Passage." Anon. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 24-26.
"The Elephant in La Fayette." Hooper, Johnson Jones. Simon
Suggs’ Adventures and Travels. 1858.
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"Engineering vs. Piloting." "Ned." New York Spirit of the Times 15.14 (31 May 1845): 153.
"Establishing the Science." "Everpoint." New York Spirit of the Times 15.45 (3 January 1846): 528.
"Extracts From My Hunting Journal." "Tom B. of Arkansas." New York Spirit of the Times 14.2 (9 March 1844): 19.
"Frightened at a Gong." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.40 (29 November 1845): 468.
"A Frontier Incident." Thorpe, Thomas Bangs. New York Spirit of the Times 10.35 (31 October 1840): 409.
"Fun at the Capitol of Mississippi." "D.V.M." New York Spirit of the Times 14.3 (16 March 1844): 27.
"Fun on the Mississippi." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 14.9 (27 April 1844): 106.
"A Game at 'Seven Up.' " "The Young 'Un." New York Spirit of the Times 15.24 (9 August 1845): 273.
"George Munday, the Prophet." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.3(15 March 1845): 21.
"The Georgia Major in the Field." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.36 (1 November 1845): 419.
"Getting on 'The Free List.' " Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.46 (10 January 1846): 546.
"Going to Bed Before a Young Lady." Porter, William T. New York Spirit of the Times 15.2 (8 March 1845): 9.
"A Good Witness." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.9 (26 April 1845): 93.
"Great Bear Hunt." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 12.4 (26 March 1842): 45.
"The Great Match on Long Island." "The Ten-Pin Boy." New York Spirit of the Times 15.16 (14 June 1845): 177.
"The Hanimal Show." Hooper, Johnson Jones. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 89-92.
"A Hanging Case in Kentucky." Anon. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner, 27 June, 1854: 1.
"Hold On." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.43 (20 December 1845): 503.
"A Hoosier Wedding." Jenkins, Jacob Jr. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 54-67.
"The
Horn Snake." Taliaferro, Hardin E. . Fisher's River Sketches.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959. . View
larger version (300 dpi, suitable to download & print). Courtesy
of Barrett Collection, University of Virginia Alderman Library.
" 'Horse Allen's' First Court." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.21 (19 July 1845): 240.
"How Mick Shouter Came Very Near "Walloping" Arch Coony." Anon. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 30-37.
"How Tom and Kirk Saved Their Lives." "Horn Pipe." New York Spirit of the Times 22.1 (21 February 1852): 2.
"How Old Dave Hull Screamed Down the Alligator, and What Followed." Anon. Porter’s Spirit of the Times 1.19 (10 January 1857): 299-300.
"How Sam Collins Got Broke Playing Agin a Hand Organ." "Broomstraw." New York Spirit of the Times 30.2 (18 February 1860): 21.
"Huckleberry Above a 'Parsimmon' " (our title). Anon. St. Louis Weekly Reveille 1.3 (29 July 1844): 21.
"I'll Treat, I Swear!" Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 1.12 (3 March 1832): 4.
"Incidents on Board a Steamboat." Anon. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 145-150.
"Indian Reminiscences." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 14.8 (20 April 1844): 85.
"Justice Napoleon Bonaparte Spriggins." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.47 (17 January 1846): 550.
"The Kentuckian Fighter." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.48 (24 January 1846): 564.
"A Kentuckian in a Fix." "Double Flask." New York Spirit of the Times 29.23 (16 July 1859): 269.
"A Kentuckian in Havana." Anon. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 121-124.
"A Kentucky Fiddler and a French Violinist." "Old Virginny." New Orleans Daily Picayune 24: (21 February 1841): 2nd unnumbered page.
"A Kentucky Fight." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 5.50 (12 December 1835): 2.
"The Kentucky Rencontre." Anon. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner 24 July 1849: 4.
"The Knob Dance." "Sugartail." New York Spirit of the Times 15.23 (2 August 1845): 267.
"The Last Duel in Loaferville." "Obe Ilestone." New York Spirit of the Times 14.3 (16 March 1844): 33.
"Legislative Eloquence." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 10.1 (7 March 1840): 1.
"Letter from Pardon Jones." "Pardon Jones." St. Louis Weekly Reveille 1.8 (2 September 1844): 61.
"Letter from Pete Whetstone." Nolan, Charles F.M. New York Spirit of the Times 11.32 (9 Oct. 1841): 378.
"Letter from Pete Whetstone." Nolan, Charles F.M. New York Spirit of the Times 11.36 (6 Nov. 1841): 426.
"Light Comedy." Thorpe, Thomas Bangs. New York Spirit of the Times 14.1 (2 March 1844): 1.
"A Live Yankee." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times, 15.43 (20 December 1845): 505.
"The Mayor of the Slashes' Remarks." "Shoes." New York Spirit of the Times 12:6 (9 April 1842): 63.
"Mississippi Militia." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.14 (31 May 1845): 156.
"A Most Extraordinary Case of Bastardy." Anon. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner (20 October 1849): 4.
"A Mouthful of Pickled Dog." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times, 15.21 (19 July 1845): 244.
"Mr. Featherstonhaugh at the Springs." Anon. St. Louis Weekly Reveille 1.1 (15 July 1844): 7."Mr. Warrick in Luck!" Warrick, William. New York Spirit of the Times 14.5 (30 March 1844): 49.
"Mr. Samson’s House." Anon. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 132-135.
"Mrs. Pinkney's Spring Spell," Hamilton, Betsy Ward. Southern Character Sketches. Richmond: Dietz, 1937. 36-41.
"My First Court Martial." "Harry R." New York Spirit of the Times 15.51 (14 February 1846): 597-98.
"My First Frolic in College." "Jo of Mississippi." Southern Literary Messenger 11.2 (February 1845): 109-112.
"Na-hoo-la-teh-cim-beh." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.28 (6 September 1845): 321.
"A Narrow Escape." Anon. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 113-118.
"Natural Acting." "Solitare." New York Spirit of the Times 15.26 (23 August 1845): 299.
" 'Ned Simm's 'Perdicament' ." "Timothy Careless." New York Spirit of the Times 15.37 (8 Nov 1845): 438.
"A Night in a Swamp." "Everpoint." New York Spirit of the Times 15.41 (6 December 1845): 481.
"Not a Drop More, Major, Unless It's Sweeten'd" Anon. St. Louis Weekly Reveille 1.15 (21 October 1844): 114.
"Offender and Defenders." Anon. New Orleans Daily Picayune no. 295 (3 January 1845). 2nd unnumbered page.
"Old Singletire: The Man That was not Annexed." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.25 (16 August 1845): 287.
" The Old-Time Camp Meetin'," Hamilton, Betsy Ward." Southern Character Sketches. Richmond: Dietz, 1937. 42-48.
"On Marrin Widders." "F.M." New York Spirit of the Times 14.4 (23 March 1844): 39.
"The Origin on the Twist in Pig's Tails." "G." New York Spirit of the Times 14.10 (4 May 1844): 109.
"The Original Tom Owen." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 112: 17 (25 June 1842): 198.
"Orpheus in Kentucky; or, The Forced Fiddler." Defoe, Denis. New York Spirit of the Times 10.19 (11 July 1840): 219.
"Out West." "Kendall." New York Spirit of the Times 14.1 (2 March 1844): 1.
"Pap's Bone Felon," Hamilton, Betsy Ward." Southern Character Sketches. Richmond: Dietz, 1937. 21-23
"Pistol Shooting." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 11.27 (4 Sept. 1841): 318.
"Pistol Shooting." Paul, Edmund W. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner 26 February 1856: 4.
"Playing the Advantages." "Banjo." New York Spirit of the Times 15.49 (31 January 1846): 575.
"A Post-Master General in Disguise." Smith, Sol. New York Spirit of the Times 15.49 (31 January 1846): 577.
"Practical Jokers in the Army." "N.C.M.J." New York Spirit of the Times 15.31 (27 September 1845): 357.
"Procklaymashum: Newly Adapted—Revised and Corrected." Strickland, Joe Jr. Spirit of the Times and Life in New York 1.38 (1 September 1832): 1.
"Prospectus of the Saint Louis Reveille." Keemle, Chs., Field, M.C., Field, J.M. St. Louis Weekly Reveille 1.1 (15 July 1844).
"Quacks, Physicians, and the Public." Peticolas, A.E. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner. 1 April 1851: 4.
"A Quarter Race." "Mr. Snooks." New York Spirit of the Times 6.21 (9 July 1836): 162.
"The Quiltin' at Mis' Robertson's," Hamilton, Betsy Ward. Southern Character Sketches. Richmond: Dietz, 1937. 24-29.
"A Race and a Frolic!" Smith, Jeremiah. New York Spirit of the Times 6.21 (9 July 1836): 162.
"A Race for a Wife." Anon. Spirit of the Times and Life in New York. 1.17 (7 April 1832): 1.
"Randall's Sight at the Devil." "Spinning Bait." New York Spirit of the Times 29.33 (24 September 1859): 386.
"Rather Snappish." Anon. New Orleans Daily Picayune, 5 January 1845 (no. 297). 2nd unnumbered page.
"A Reminiscence of the Florida Campaign; or, Bony M'Shane's Raisons for Going to the Wars." "J. F. K." Southern Literary Messenger 12.12 (December 1846): 743-750.
"Reminiscenses of Col. Tom Picton." "Slosher." New York Spirit of the Times 29.42 (26 November 1859): 495.
"Robbing a Peach Orchard." Greene, Hazel. New York Spirit of the Times 30.7 (24 March 1860): 75.
"Rousing a Hoosier." Anon. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 38-41.
"A Saw Log Blind; or, Poker Out West." Webber, Frank. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 54-67.
"A Scape Gallows" [& three other short pieces]. Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 7.6 (25 March, 1837): 47.
"Scene in a Grand Jury Room." "Satchel." New York Spirit of the Times 15.40 (29 November 1845): 471.
"Scene in the Picayune Sanctum, by Thorpe." Thorpe, Thomas Bangs. New York Spirit of the Times 14.6 (6 April 1844): 63.
"Scene
of a Militia Drill." Hennessy, W. View
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"Caricatures and Cartoons").
"Scenes on the Alabama River." Bryant, Nancy S. New York Spirit of the Times 29.8 (2 April 1859): 91.
"Scenes on Deer Creek and the Sunflower." "The Turkey Runner." New York Spirit of the Times 14.8 (20 April 1844): 91
"A Scrap From the Author of 'Simon Suggs.' " Hooper, Johnson Jones. New York Spirit of the Times 15.18 (28 June 1845): 201.
"A Shave." Anon. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner 20 October 1848: 4.
"Shooting at the Devil." "Spinning Bait." New York Spirit of the Times 30.20 (23 June1860): 232.
"Simon
and Bill Playing "Mumble the Peg." " from New York
Spirit of the Times 15.4 (22 March 1845): 1. Image accompanies "Simon
Plays the 'Snatch' Game," anthologized in Cohen, Hennig and Dillingham,
William B., eds. Humor of the Old Southwest. 3rd ed. Athens,
GA: U of Georgia P, 1994.View larger
version (300 dpi, suitable to download & print).
"Simon Stutterer." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.41 (6 December 1845): 480.
"Simon
Suggs ." Hooper, Johnson Jones. Simon Suggs’ Adventures
and Travels. 1858. View larger version
(300 dpi, suitable to download & print). Courtesy of Barrett Collection,
University of Virginia Alderman Library.
"Simon Suggs Rejecting the Flattering Unction." "K." Porter’s Spirit of the Times 1.5 (4 October 1856): 69.
"Singular Encounter With a Deer." Anon. New Orleans Daily Picayune 302 (11 January 1845): 2nd unnumbered page.
"Sketches of the Olden Time." "A Pea Ridger." New York Spirit of the Times 10.1 (7 March 1840): 8.
"Sloshing About." Anon. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner, 5 May, 1854: 4
"A Snake-bit Irishman." "Sugartail." New York Spirit of the Times 15.47 (17 January, 1846): 549-550.
"Somebody in My Bed!" Jones, U.J. New York Spirit of the Times 15.42 (13 December 1845): 490.
"Soft and Hard." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.7 (12 April 1845): 71.
"Sophy and the 'Fellers.' " Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.10 (3 May 1845): 109.
"A South Carolina Training." Gilfer, Phil. New York Spirit of the Times 10.10 (9 May 1840): 110.
"Speculation in Whiskers; or, Shaving in a Broker's Office." Smith, Sol. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure. Edited by a Gentleman of Richmond. Richmond: J.W. Randolph, n.d. 42-46.
"Standing Army." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.16 (14 June 1845): 180.
"Stealing Melons." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.51 (14 February 1846): 601.
"A Story About Banvard." Anon. Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner 25 September 1849: 4.
"Stump Speaking in Arkansas." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 14.7 (13 April 1844 ): 81.
"Table Etiquette in Illinois." "Harry R." New York Spirit of the Times 15.44 (27 December 1845): 518.
"Taking the Census." "Knickerbocker." New York Spirit of the Times 15.25 (16 August 1845): 293.
"Toby Small's Panther Hunt. An Original Arkansas Story." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.39 (22 November 1845): 458.
"Traits of American Humor." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 22.1 (21 February 1852): 4.
"Turkey Tom." Anon. Porter’s Spirit of the Times, 20 December 1856 (vol 16): 252.
"Turkey Tom of 'Arkinsaw.' " "Chasseur Boheme." New York Spirit of the Times 30.19 (16 June1860): 217-18.
Untitled
cartoon. Barrel reads "The Campaign Bar'l." Harper's Weekly
vol. 25 (1881): 735. View larger version
(300 dpi, suitable to download & print).Courtesy of Library of Virginia.
Untitled
illustration. Harper's Weekly vol. 24 (1880): 389. View
larger version (300 dpi, suitable to download & print).Courtesy
of Library of Virginia.
"The Way 'Lige' Shaddock 'Scared Up a Jack.' " Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.1 (1 March 1845): 4.
"Wedding and Deer Hunt in Kentucky." Natt Phillips. New York Spirit of the Times 9.49 (8 February 1840): 583.
"A Western Place Hunter." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.8 (19 April 1845): 89.
"Western Mind." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 30.17 (2 June 1860). p. 195.
"Western Oratory." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.16 (14 June 1845): 179.
"A Western Sketch." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 29.14 (14 May 1859): 157.
"The
Wild Turkey Hunter." Thorpe, Thomas Bangs. The Hive of the Bee-Hunter.
New York: Appleton, 1854. View larger version
(300 dpi, suitable to download & print). Courtesy of Barrett Collection,
University of Virginia Alderman Library.
"The Writin' School." Hamilton, Betsy Ward. Southern Character Sketches. Richmond: Dietz, 1937. 30-35.
"Yankee Doodle, Esq., in Arkansas." "Yankee Doodle." New York Spirit of the Times 14.4 (23 March 1844): 37.
"A Yankee Outwitted." Anon. New York Spirit of the Times 15.23 (2 August 1845): 265.
"Yankees Abroad; Or, the Vermont Schoolmaster."Anon. Southern and Southwestern Sketches: Fun, Sentiment, and Adventure: 187-190.
"Yaller Dog." Anon. St. Louis Weekly Reveille 1.8 (2 September 1844): 60.